The Republic of The Mishar People is a massive, socially progressive nation, ruled by Joseph Helmfried with a fair hand, and remarkable for its sprawling nuclear power plants, national health service, and stringent health and safety legislation. The compassionate, hard-working, democratic population of 3.578 billion Misharians hold their civil and political rights very dear, although the wealthy and those in business tend to be viewed with suspicion.

The medium-sized, corrupt, liberal, outspoken government juggles the competing demands of Industry, Education, and Administration. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Praling. The average income tax rate is 63.7%, and even higher for the wealthy.

The frighteningly efficient Misharian economy, worth 496 trillion Mishar francs a year, is fairly diversified and led by the Tourism industry, with major contributions from Information Technology, Retail, and Book Publishing. Black market activity is notable. State-owned companies are reasonably common. Average income is an impressive 138,826 Mishar francs, and distributed extremely evenly, with little difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Vast amounts of energy are expended moving water to hilltop lakes, the official Misharian Phrase Book weighs as much as a small child, creating cardboard imitations of missiles is a new top-secret military project, and a faint smell of body odour can be detected at several miles' distance from the National Science Park. Crime is totally unknown. The Mishar People's national animal is the Lion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its national religion is Secularism.

The Mishar People is ranked 21,025^th in the world and 323^rd in Europe for Most Scientifically Advanced, scoring 272.57 on the Kurzweil Singularity Index.